Michael B\u00fchler-Rose (Brahma Muhurta Dasa), received a Fulbright
\nFellowship to India and obtained his BFA (2005) from the School of the
\nMuseum of Fine Arts, Tufts University. At present, he is a Graduate Alumni Fellow at the
\nUniversity of Florida (MFA, 2008) and a critic at the Rhode Island School of
\nDesign. His area of research and interest is the transportation of culture
\nwith a particular emphasis on Gaudiya Vaisnava rituals. He has spent a
\nnumber of years as a researcher for the Sri Rupanuga Paramarthika Vidyapitha
\nin Mayapur, West Bengal where he edited curriculum on puja for their
\ngurukula. He has traveled around India and the Americas teaching and
\nperforming ceremonies from deity installations\/temple openings to weddings
\nand last rites. He is also an accomplished artist who has been collected, exhibited, and
\npublished internationally.<\/p>\n